Liat Yossifor

Liat Yossifor
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute, University of California, Irvine
Known forPainting

Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an American abstract painter who was born and raised in Israel and moved to the United States as a teenager in 1989.[1][2] Yossifor lives and works in Los Angeles, California.[3][2][4]

Life and education

Born in Israel, Yossifor relocated to the United States in 1989, where she pursued a career in art.[2] She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine, in 2002.[3][2]

Yossifor's has had various residencies and fellowships as a contemporary painter.[5] She was a Rauschenberg resident in Captiva Island, Florida, in 2020. She was a Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow in 2022.[6] Additionally, she was a guest of the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2010.[3][2]

Artistic style and themes

Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an Israeli-born American painter who paints textural monochromatic abstractions.[7] Her work includes a physical engagement with the medium, resulting in layered surfaces that have movement and depth.[7]

Yossifor's paintings are characterized by a process that emphasizes the physicality of creation.[7] She often works within self-imposed time constraints, completing pieces rapidly to maintain the immediacy and vitality of her gestures.[7] Her technique involves the application of thick layers of oil paint, that she manipulates, which results in paintings that are sculptural and painterly.[7] This approach is built upon the history of American monochrome painting.[7][8][9][10] Liat Yossifor’s Head, 2020, is a oil on paper painting with an allusion to a human skull.[8]

Yossifor's work explores form and movement through the physical act of creation with control and spontaneity. Her work engages the materiality of paint and abstract forms.[7][9]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

  • Modulaciones, Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
  • B.A.T. State III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press, Carolyn Campagna Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
  • 100 Years and Counting, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
  • Grafforists, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
  • Stolen Gestures, Kunsthaus Nurnberg, Germany
  • Subject, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
  • New Works, The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
  • From America, Museum of Modern Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus
  • The Third Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA
  • To Here Knows When, University of La Verne, CA
  • The Real Me, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA[2].

Publications

  • Movements-Liat Yossifor; Stella Rollig (Author), Ed Schad (Author), Karen Lang (Author), Christopher Michno (Author and Editor), Carrie Paterson (Editor); Publisher: DoppelHouse Press, Los Angeles, CA (2016), Language: English, Hardcover: 87 pages, ISBN 978-0983254072
  • Liat Yossifor; Christopher Michno (Author), Glenn Harcourt (Author); Publisher: Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; (2018), Language: English, Hardcover: 36 pages, ISBN 978-0999487143

Collections

Her artworks are part of the following public collections:

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
  • The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
  • The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
  • Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection (CIAC), Mexico City, Mexico[11]
  • Creative Artist Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, CA

Residencies

Yossifor had residencies at The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY in 2008,[12] the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany (2010)[2], The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL (2019),[4] and the Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX (2020).[4]

References

  1. ^ Carey, Brainard (June 26, 2018). "Liat Yossifor". museumofnonvisibleart.com. Praxis Interview Magazine. Retrieved Mar 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cohen, Alina (January 6, 2020). "Liat Yossifor". artsy.com. Artsy. Retrieved Jan 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Yossifor, Liat. "Liat Yossifor: Artist's website". liatyossifor.com. The Artist. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c Valencia, Ines. "Liat Yossifor: The Magical Entanglement of Poetry + Art". provokr.com. Provokr. Retrieved Mar 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Liat Yossifor". rauschenbergfoundation.org. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  6. ^ "Liat Yossifor". vatmh.org. Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Yau, John (May 29, 2021). "The Tension in Liat Yossifor's Paintings". hyperallergic.com. Hyperallergic. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Liat Yossifor". patrongallery.com. Patron Gallery. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Bozif, Curtis Anthony (March 3, 2023). "Excavated Images: A Review of "Life Against Itself" at Patron". art.newcity.com. New City Art Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  10. ^ Waxman, Lori (March 16, 2021). "Liat Yossifor at Patron Gallery". 60wrdmin.org. 60 Word Minimum. Retrieved Apr 7, 2021.
  11. ^ Lang, Karen (April 2016). "Movements: Liat Yossifor". dopplehouse.com. Doppelhouse. Retrieved Mar 11, 2021.
  12. ^ Rodrigues, Liliana (January 9, 2014). "Navigating Space and History in Paint with Liat Yossifor". thenomadicjournal.com. DoppelHouse Press. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.
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